Example sentences of "think [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For he who thinks to remain neutral is above all a sceptic . |
| 2 | She did n't think to compare the German-speaking neighbourhood to Spitalflelds or the East End . |
| 3 | The Allied politicians lacked understanding , and yet they did not hesitate to place a barrier to Germany 's growth , and having placed that barrier , did not think to support it effectively in the years to come . |
| 4 | Why did she think to try looking underneath one of the metallic blocks ? |
| 5 | On one memorable occasion , she thinks to communicate her feelings about Catholic beliefs to some of her older pupils . |
| 6 | What do you think to establish that ? |
| 7 | When the appointed hour approached and we could see the visitors massing outside the glass doors at the end of the ward , waiting for opening-time , I would bury myself in a book to hide my pink eyes ; but they would none the less be drawn irresistibly to watch the passage of each visitor along the aisle while I thought babyishly , " Somebody might think to come . " |
| 8 | First she was on her own with Rose and some of the women , then they sent for the midwife , who did n't turn up , and only after that did they think to come for me . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you think to wipe out what you said and did , and ten years ’ loneliness , so easily ? |
| 10 | They wo n't think to look for me here , though . |
| 11 | ‘ It was said in respect of her that there are people who seek flowers in the tree of life where others would never think to look — under dark leaves and on dry branches . |
| 12 | Rosa Jacobsen confirmed in Elisabeth her determined quest , not directly , but indirectly , for Rosa was like Marie Grubbe , of whom it had been written that she was someone who ‘ sought flowers in the tree of life where others would never think to look — under dark leaves and on dry branches ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ We did n't think to look for you , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't think to look in there . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But he 'd never think to look for me in such company . ’ |
| 16 | mm you bring your book cos you do n't think to look at the card |
| 17 | So did the amusing little sag of her incipient double chin , the veining on her cheeks ( which , unlike Alix , she does not think to cover with Liquid Foundation ) , the slight plump soft dimpling of her upper arm , the raised veins in the backs of her hands , the broadening of her hips , the decreasing flexibility of her joints . |
| 18 | They naturally did not think to apply it to their own empires . |
| 19 | What would employees below think to hear us shouting at the top of our voices about what is and what is not the correct Chinaman ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I sometimes wonder what people must think to hear him haggling over a few dollars . |
| 21 | pick fault in way I talk well I do n't think to hear |
| 22 | Many of these insect-feeding birds have a line of bristles around their beaks which at one time were thought to channel weakly-flying insects into the open beak but now it seems more likely that they do no more than protect the birds ' eyes as they deliberately plunge through clouds of insects . |
| 23 | Large class sizes ( 25+ ) are thought to promote teacher-directed , teacher-led , ‘ class ’ lessons which seem to disadvantage the most vulnerable pupils . |
| 24 | America is thought to support the Irishman 's candidacy . |
| 25 | A review of this coverage supports the conclusion that the refusal of tenure to MacCabe was related to a sense among Cambridge traditionalists that the time had come to mount a strong resistance to further incursions by the tendency MacCabe was thought to support . |
| 26 | At a later date , however , the fort was probably moved to lower ground and so closer to the site of the future town ; two pieces of cavalry equipment from the Bleachfield Road area plus a few Claudian coins and some slight remains of early timber-framed buildings , might be thought to support this view . |
| 27 | Observers noted that Georgy Khizha and Vladimir Shumeiko did not attend , although as ministers brought into the government from the defence industry sector in May [ see p. 38923 ] they were thought to support the interest group represented at the conference . |
| 28 | In alcoholic hepatic cirrhosis , T-cells are thought to support the production of cytokines by liver macrophages and these factors then regulate the fibrotic process . |
| 29 | In rats the number of cells increases rapidly in the four to six days before birth , and the proliferative compartment — the proportion of β cells able to replicate — is thought to fall from 10% during fetal life to 3% in young adulthood . |
| 30 | An agreement to induce a breach of contract might be thought to fall outside this protection because inducement is a tort if committed by one person , but this is not so if the inducement is protected by section 13(1) . |